Yaw Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 20
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Yaw Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Yaw family

Profession Census Frequency
School 4
Factory Hand Winder 3
Fireman On Steamer 1
Cab Man 1
Cook Boardg House 1
Charwoman (domestic) 1
Factory Hand Ironer 1
Factory Hand Labourer 1
Factory Weaver 1
Farm Labourer 1
Farm Labourer (horse Driver) 1
Labourer Porter 1
Servant Domestic 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Yaw

Name Census Frequency
George Yaw 19
John Yaw 10
Sarah Yaw 10
Thomas Yaw 7
Robert Yaw 6
Emma Yaw 4
Hannah Yaw 4
Samuel Yaw 4
Eva Yaw 3
Georgina Yaw 3
Isabella Yaw 3
Caroline Yaw 2
Elizabeth Yaw 2
Henry Yaw 2
Jane Yaw 2
Joseph Yaw 2
Mary Yaw 2
William Yaw 2
Ah Yaw 1
Ann Yaw 1
Arthur Yaw 1
Charlotte Yaw 1
Edith Yaw 1
Eliza Yaw 1
Ellen Yaw 1

Yaw Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Yough 20% 342
2 Yew 67% 133
3 Yaw 100% 115

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The surname Yaw is the 3rd most popular variant of Yough.

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